Research items

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Components for Machine Construction

Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A basic capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Advanced Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description An advanced capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Super Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A super-high capacity capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact, high resolution scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Advanced Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact, high resolution scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Phasic Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact, high resolution phasic scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Micro Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny little manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better Manipulator inside a machine increases its build speed.

Nano Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny little manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better Manipulator inside a machine increases its build speed.

Pico Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny little manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better Manipulator inside a machine increases its build speed.

Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny laser used in certain devices. A better Laser inside a machine increases its materials efficiency.

High-Power Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny laser used in certain devices. A better Laser inside a machine increases its materials efficiency.

Ultra-High-Power Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny laser used in certain devices. A better Laser inside a machine increases its materials efficiency.

Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A container for hold compressed matter awaiting re-construction. Better Matter Bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Advanced Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A container for hold compressed matter awaiting re-construction. Better Matter Bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Super Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A container for hold compressed matter awaiting re-construction. Better Matter Bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Subspace Treatment Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact micro-machine capable of stretching out hyper-compressed radio waves.

Subspace Ansible Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact module capable of sensing extradimensional activity.

Hyperwave Filter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A tiny device capable of filtering and converting super-intense radiowaves.

Subspace Amplifier Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A compact micro-machine capable of amplifying weak subspace transmissions.

Subspace Wavelength Analyzer Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A sophisticated analyzer capable of analyzing cryptic subspace wavelengths.

Ansible Crystal Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A crystal made from pure glass used to transmit laser databursts to subspace.

Subspace Transmitter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it on the requiring machine frame Description A large piece of equipment used to open a window into the subspace dimension.

Mining

File:Diamond Pickaxe.png Diamond Pickaxe Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, hacking through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to hack through Description A pickaxe with a diamond pick head, this is just like minecraft.

Sonic Jackhammer Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, blasting through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to blast through Description Cracks rocks with sonic blasts, perfect for killing cave lizards.

Mining Drill Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, drilling through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to drill through Description Yours is the drill that will pierce through the rock walls.

Diamond Mining Drill Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, drilling through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to drill through Description Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!

Plasma Cutter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, cutting through something Strategy: Use it on something you want to cut down Description A rock cutter that uses bursts of hot plasma. You could use it to cut limbs off of xenos! Or, you know, mine stuff.

Miscellaneous

Component Design Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A disk for storing device design data for construction in lathes.

Technology Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A disk for storing technology data for further research.

Man-Machine Interface Found in: Protolathe, Robotics Lab Used for: Creating cyborgs or talking with the bodyless Strategy: Guide to robotics Description The monstrous device used to give cyborgs life. The roboticist starts with a few empty ones and its low research requirements mean more can easily be built in the protolathe. A brain in an MMI has no limbs and is, of course, not capable of interacting with anything - but at least it can talk. There's also a radio-enabled version that lets those snooty brains complain about you over the radio. Man-Machine Interface with a brain in it: You can also build Radio-enabled MMIs.

Bag of Holding Found in: Protolathe Used for: Holding things that hold things Strategy: This item holds bulkier items, including normal backpacks. WARNING: The fabric of Bluespace is fragile. Attempting to put a Bag of Holding inside another Bag of Holding will make fun things happen. Description A backpack that opens into a localized pocket of Blue Space.

Floral Somatoray Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A tool that discharges controlled radiation which induces mutation in plant cells.

InteliCard Found in: Bridge, Tech Storage, Research Director's Office Used for: Stealing Restoring or transporting the AI Strategy: Use on the AI's core to download it into the InteliCard Description Also known as an InteliCard AI Transportation System. A functional AI is a possible Traitor objective.

Personal AI Device Found in: Dormitory, Research Director's Office, Derelict Shuttle Used for: Downloading your new best friend Strategy: Click it in your hand to open the interface, load personalities and wait for a pAI personality to become available. Description This is a personal AI device.

Tracking Beacon Found in: Protolathe, key locations around the station Used for: Teleporting to it Strategy: Place it somewhere and use the teleporter hub to set it as your destination Description A beacon used by the Teleporter.

Welding Gas Mask Found in: Protolathe Used for: Breathing air while welding Strategy: Wear it while welding and breathing simultaneously Description A gas mask with built in welding goggles and face shield. Looks like a skull, clearly designed by a nerd.

Bluespace Beaker Found in: Protolathe Used for: Transporting reagents or used in machine building Strategy: Fill it with reagents or put it in a machine Description A bluespace beaker, powered by experimental bluespace technology and Element Cuban combined with the Compound Pete. Can hold up to 300 units. A bigger beaker inside a machine increases its reagent storage space.

Cryostasis Beaker Found in: Protolathe Used for: Transporting reagents without having them blow up Strategy: Fill it with reagents Description A cryostasis beaker that allows for chemical storage without reactions. Can hold up to 50 units.

Slime Extract Found in: Xenobiology Used for: Research and interesting Grenades Strategy: Use a Syringe to inject Plasma, blood or water into it Description Also known as a Slime Core. Each kind of Slime has different effect that can be found here: Guide to Xenobiology The Formulas. Unused Slime Extract is a possible Traitor objective.

Monkey Cube Found in: Xenobiology, Getmore Chocolate Corp Vending Machine, Monkey Cube Box Used for: Getting a Monkey when you really need one Strategy: Splash water on it using a Beaker or a Fire Extinguisher Description A Monkey Cube Box contain 8 Monkey Cubes. Monkey Cube Box:

Large Grenade Casing Found in: Protolathe Used for: Grenade construction Strategy: Insert a Silver Slime Core and some Plasma and you have a instant party Grenade Description Makes it possible to use Slime Cores in grenades.

Tank Transfer Valve Found in: Toxins Lab Used for: Making bombs Strategy: Guide to toxins Description Should not be confused with the Manual Valve, even though they look (almost) totally the same. A finished bomb:

Global Positioning System Found in: Telescience Lab Used for: Calibrating the Telepad Strategy: Guide to telescience Description Transmits the universal coordinates to the Telepad Control Console. Even though it is called a GPS, the name wrongly suggest that it has to do with a planet.

Bluespace Crystal Found in: Xenobiology, Research and Development Lab, Telescience Lab Used for: Upgrading the Telepad Strategy: Guide to telescience Description A bluespace crystal with mystical properties. When crushed in your hand it will make you blink. When thrown at someone it will make them blink. Can be placed into the Telepad Control Console to upgrade the power of the Telepad. You can create Bluespace Crystals through Bluespace Slimes or through Research.

Weapons

File:Advegun.png Advanced Energy Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shooting at people Strategy: Shoot at people Description An energy gun with an experimental miniaturized reactor.

File:Stun Revolver.png Stun Revolver Found in: Protolathe Used for: Stunning people Strategy: Shoot it at people, reload with a charger Description A high-tech revolver that fires stun cartridges. The stun cartridges can be recharged using a conventional energy weapon recharger.

Laser Cannon Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shooting at people Strategy: Shoot at people Description With the L.A.S.E.R. cannon, the lasing medium is enclosed in a tube lined with uranium-235 and subjected to high neutron flux in a nuclear reactor core. This incredible technology may help YOU achieve high excitation rates with small laser volumes!

Rapid Syringe Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shooting syringes at people, to heal of apprehend Strategy: Reload it with full syringes and shoot em at someone Description A modification of the syringe gun design, using a rotating cylinder to store up to four syringes.

Temperature Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A gun that changes temperatures.

File:SMG.png Submachine Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shooting at people, drive-bys Strategy: Point it at someone and pull the trigger Description A lightweight, fast firing gun. Uses 9mm rounds.

File:Ammo 9mm.png Ammunition Box (9mm) Found in: Protolathe Used for: Reloading weapons with 9mm ammunition Strategy: ??? Description There are x shells left!

File:Stun Shell.png Stun Shell Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A stunning shell.

Xray Laser Gun Found in: Protolathe Used for: ?? Strategy: ??? Description A high-power laser gun capable of expelling concentrated xray blasts.

Equipment

Slime Processor Found in: Xenobiology Used for: Creating Slime Extract from dead baby Slimes Strategy: Guide to xenobiology Description Using the regnant from a Purple Slime Extract on a Slime before killing and processing it will produce more Slime Extract.

Monkey Recycling Machine Found in: Xenobiology Used for: Recycling of dead Monkeys, will produce a Monkey Cube when full Strategy: Guide to xenobiology Description The horror (or magic) it most use to do what it does. Don't use living Monkeys unless you want animal rights groups to stomp down your door.

Telepad Found in: Telescience Lab Used for: Teleporting victims stuff around the station Strategy: Guide to telescience Description Controlled by the Telepad Control Console. Can be used to teleport anything that isn't bolted to the floor to it self or from it self to a place defined by the Telepad Control Console.

Protolathe Found in: R&D Lab Used for: Manufacturing items from materials Strategy: Load it with materials and pick an item you want to make (if you have the research levels researched for them) Description Similar to an Autolathe, you load raw materials such as glass and metal sheets (but not other objects) into it for creating stuff. All the menus and other manipulation commands are in the R&D console. Manufacturing list: Component Design Disk (30 Metal 10 Glass) Technology Disk (30 Metal 10 Glass) Capacitor (50 Metal 50 Glass) Scanning Module (50 Metal 20 Glass) Micro-Manipulator (30 Metal) Micro-Laser (10 Metal 20 Glass) Matter Bin (80 Metal) Basic Power Cell (700 Metal 50 Glass) Tracking Beacon (20 Metal 10 Glass) Advanced Capacitor (50 Metal 50 Glass) Advanced Matter Bin (80 Metal) Super Matter Bin (80 Metal) High-Capacity Power Cell (700 Metal 60 Glass) Super-Capacity Power Cell (700 Metal 70 Glass) Hyper-Capacity Power Cell (400 Metal 150 Gold 150 Silver 70 Glass) Cryostasis Beaker (3000 Metal) Sonic Jackhammer (2000 Metal 500 Glass 500 Silver) Mining Drill (6000 Metal 1000 Glass) Welding Gas Mask (4000 Metal 2000 Glass) Diamond Pickaxe (3000 Diamond) Diamond Mining Drill (3000 Metal 1000 Glass 3750 Diamond) Super Capacitor (50 Metal 50 Glass 20 Gold) Plasma Cutter (1500 Metal 500 Glass 500 Gold 500 Solid Plasma) Bluespace Beaker (3000 Metal 3000 Solid Plasma 500 Diamond) Bag of Holding (3000 Gold 1500 Diamond 250 Uranium) Floral Somatoray (2000 Metal 500 Glass 500 Uranium) Intellicard AI Transportation System (1000 Glass 200 Gold) Personal AI Device (500 Glass 500 Metal) Nano-Manipulator (30 Metal) Pico-Manipulator (30 Metal) Subspace Treatment Disk (10 Metal 20 Silver) Man-Machine Interface (1000 Metal 500 Glass) Radio-enabled Man-Machine Interface (1200 Metal 500 Glass) Advanced Scanning Module (50 Metal 20 Glass) High-Power Micro-Laser (10 Metal 20 Glass) Phasic Scanning Module (50 Metal 20 Glass 10 Silver) Ultra-High-Power Micro-Laser (10 Metal 20 Glass 10 Uranium) Subspace Ansible (80 Metal 20 Silver) Hyperwave Filter (40 Metal 10 Silver) Subspace Amplifier (10 Metal 30 Gold 15 Uranium) Subspace Wavelength Analyzer (10 Metal 15 Gold) Ansible Crystal (1000 Glass 20 Silver 20 Gold) Subspace Transmitter (100 Glass 10 Silver 15 Uranium) Light Replacer (1500 Metal 150 Silver 3000 Glass) Mass-Spectrometer (30 Metal 20 Glass) Advanced Mass-Spectrometer (30 Metal 20 Glass) Optical Meson Scanners (50 Metal 50 Glass) Health Scanner HUD (50 Metal 50 Glass) Advanced Energy Gun (5000 Metal 1000 Glass 500 Uranium) Stun Revolver (4000 Metal) Laser Cannon (10000 Metal 1000 Glass 2000 Diamond) Rapid Syringe Gun (5000 Metal 1000 Glass) Temperature Gun (5000 Metal 500 Glass 3000 Silver) Large Grenade Casing (3000 Metal) Submachine Gun (8000 Metal 2000 Silver 1000 Diamond) Ammunition Box (9mm) (3750 Metal 100 Silver) Stun Shell (4000 Metal) Security HUD (50 Metal 50 Glass) Xray Laser Gun (5000 Gold 10000 Uranium 4000 Metal)

Circuit Imprinter Found in: R&D Lab Used for: Manufacturing circuit boards Strategy: Fill it with Polytrinic Acid and select a circuit board you want to print (if you have the research levels researched for them) Description Prints out all kinds of different circuit boards, depending on your research levels. Each of these can be used to build the machine their name stands for. Can make: Manufacturing list: Circuit Design (Arcade Machine) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Security) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (AI Upload) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Cyborg Upload) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Medical Records) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (ID Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Teleporter Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Security Records Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Atmosphere Alert) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Atmospheric Monitor) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Station Alert Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Robotics Control Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Power Monitor) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Solar Control) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Prisoner Management Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Exosuit Control Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Mech Bay Power Control Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (R&D Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Supply ordering console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Supply shuttle console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Outpost Status Display) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Telecommunications Monitoring Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Telecommunications Server Monitoring Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Module Design (Safeguard) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Gold Module Design (OneHuman) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Diamond Module Design (ProtectStation) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Gold Module Design (Freeform) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Gold Module Design (Reset) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Gold Module Design (Purge) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Diamond Core Module Design (Freeform) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Diamond Core Module Design (Asimov) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Diamond Core Module Design (P.A.L.A.D.I.N.) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Diamond Circuit Design (APLU "Ripley" Central Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (APLU "Ripley" Peripherals Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design ("Gygax" Central Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design ("Gygax" Peripherals Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design ("Durand" Central Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design ("Durand" Peripherals Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design ("H.O.N.K" Central Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design ("H.O.N.K" Peripherals Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design ("H.O.N.K" Weapons & Targeting Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid R&D Server Control Console Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid R&D Server Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Messaging Monitor Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Subspace Receiver) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Bus Mainframe) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Hub Mainframe) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Relay Mainframe) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Processor Unit) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Server Mainframe) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Subspace Broadcaster) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Protolathe Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Imprinter Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Autolathe Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Exosuit Fabricator Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Cyborg Recharger Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid SUPERPACMAN-type Generator Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid MRSPACMAN-type Generator Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid PACMAN-type Generator Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (AI Core) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Operating Computer) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (PanD.E.M.I.C. 2200) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (DNA Machine) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Cloning Machine Console) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Clone Pod) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Cloning Scanner) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (AI Integrity Restorer) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Module Design (Quarantine) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Gold Module Design (OxygenIsToxicToHumans) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Gold Circuit Design ("Odysseus" Central Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design ("Odysseus" Peripherals Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Core Module Design (T.Y.R.A.N.T.) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid 100 Diamond Circuit Design ("Gygax" Weapons & Targeting Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design ("Durand" Weapons & Targeting Control module) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Communications) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Circuit Design (Crew monitoring computer) 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid Destructive Analyzer Board 2000 Glass 20 Sulphuric acid

Exosuit Fabricator Found in: Robotics Used for: Manufacturing robot parts Strategy: Load it with materials and pick an item you want to make (if you have the research levels researched for them) Description Creates robot parts from metal. Can be synchronized with the R&D research levels for new cyborg/mech components. They cannot be hacked and require Robotics access to operate. If deconstructed and replaced with better components (better manipulator, matter bins and micro laser), the Exosuit Fabricator will construct parts more quickly. You can construct a robotics fabricator as described in the machine fabrication guide.